I don't think he was an acquaintance of my Dad's - he had a habit of buying things at random from jumble sales! The roll film has been partly used. But no idea if anyone has ever opened the back.very interesting maybe looks like mr duncan could have taken his camera with him while serving in ww2...maybe he was a friend of your dads who gave him the camera...nice mystery waiting to be solved oh has the film been used
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right i see...also not sure the case is the original one possibly it would have been black but cant be certain about that..interesting thoughI don't think he was an acquaintance of my Dad's - he had a habit of buying things at random from jumble sales! The roll film has been partly used. But no idea if anyone has ever opened the back.
Oh yes, 35mm is available in many shops, Boots often has a couple of different types in stock, but these often sell out. There are some independent film developers who sell film too. One of the best and most varied film stockists (online) is called analoguewonderland, you can discover a huge range of just about every film on there.Is film sill readily available for your cameras and do you develop and print your own?
Charles, I hope you do try to develop your own photos, it's magical when those black and white images slowly appear on the blank paper!!
Dad had a shed (before he became too disabled) and there were blackout blinds on the windows. He made his own enlarger. He used to let me "rock" the special dishes with the chemicals in, extremely carefully of course, and we would watch as the faces appeared. It was my job to dry them and keep them flat or trim where necessary.
Happy days.
rosie.
Only 35mm?I have two drawers upstairs full of stuff as shown below. Cables for obsolete printers, computers etc. My first digital camera a Casio which used compact flash cards with a massive 32Mb memory. Something called 'Shanghai Moons Automation' ... I've forgotten what I used it for ... I suppose Google would tell me.
Other items as can be seen ... I didn't look in the other drawer, I think it is full of chargers ...
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Have a go at developing and printing your own black and white. It’s a lot of fun and you have more control over the end result. I used to do lots of it.Oh yes, 35mm is available in many shops, Boots often has a couple of different types in stock, but these often sell out. There are some independent film developers who sell film too. One of the best and most varied film stockists (online) is called analoguewonderland, you can discover a huge range of just about every film on there.
I don't yet develop my own film, although I am looking into getting a home kit for black and white film (which is easier than colour negative).
There are budget development options, such as in Max Spielmann stores, and I think Snappy Snaps which can process and print/scan your photos. These can be perfectly useable although some will spend a bit more to go to an independent lab. It's worth noting that black and white uses a different process to colour negative, so it is actually more expensive to develop. Also colour can often be done in the same day, even within an hour, whereas b&w sometimes needs to be sent off taking a few weeks at times to be returned.
I was referring to medium format. 35 mm is, or rather was, poor quality.Only 35mm?
Unfortunately it won't be any good now; with or without images.I don't think he was an acquaintance of my Dad's - he had a habit of buying things at random from jumble sales! The roll film has been partly used. But no idea if anyone has ever opened the back.
Wonder if this was him ? Viv.Clearing out my Dads things I came across this in his collection of old cameras. Still has a roll of film in it. Not worth anything but the name and address written inside the case was interesting. Wonder who Mr Duncan was?
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Fabulous pics John. Just had a rummage in my photo box. Went to USA and Niagra Falls in 1989.Here are a couple of Niagara falls... First is taken with a 6 mm Fish-eye from the Sky Tower (Canada).
It is not possible to get both the American and Canadian falls in the same picture with an ordinary wide angle lens.
Second is the Maid of the Mist.
Of course I had to greatly reduce the quality in order to upload them.